The primary goal of the BOSS-R acquisition is to establish a suite of indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts for biometric support services that will enable BTF business and program units to accomplish their mission objectives. The BOSS-R requirement will be to support the Department of Defense's (DoD) enterprise Biometrics goals and will be set-aside for small businesses. The BOSS-R contract will have a three-year base period with two, one-year option periods. The total estimated value for the BOSS-R requirement is approximately $124 million.

Products and Services Available Through BOSS-R

Management Support Services

The Contractor shall provide, as ordered, the full range of business and technical management services needed to support on-going program management and supporting technical activities. These services encompass but are not limited to:

• Acquisition Management Support
• Liaison Services
• PMO support
• Policy, Procedure, Guideline, Directive and Standards Development
• Communications Management

Independent Validation and Verification

The Contractor shall provide the full range of independent test, validation, verification, and evaluation solutions to ensure that all biometric products and services meet BTF standards, and are performing to defined design, cost, schedule, and performance specifications/capabilities. The Contractor shall provide best practices, technologies, tools, and support to quality and operational assessments, to integration testing, and to system test and evaluation, including security certification and accreditation, for biometric systems. The Contractor shall also provide independent verification and validation through the monitoring and evaluation of projects via activities including, but not limited to, project assessments, process and procedure audits, project and performance management, and systems analysis and design.

Technology Management

The Contractor shall provide expertise to support the integration of proven newer biometric technologies into current DoD applications and to support the upgrading of existing application to meet current industry standards. The Contractor shall test biometric products against documented performance criteria. They will conduct an independent testing program, creating a Qualified Products List (QPL) that will certify biometric products suitable for security and access control and other security purposes. Other testing services will be provided to satisfy specific agency requirements and will be tailored for those purposes. The Contractor will support the analysis for future acquisition needs and provide technology forecasts involving technology development based on the DoD’s future deployment strategies. This will involve the creation of technology prototypes for technology demonstration projects. The Contractor will provide the necessary strategy development for the ongoing forward planning for the integration of new technologies, concepts and organizations in support of the DoD biometric deployment strategy, implementation, integration, and software application maintenance.